Steak-chopper.



J. P. CARTER.

STEAK GHOPPER.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV-15, 1912.

11,1 21 ,475. Patented Dec. 15A, 1914.

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STEAK CHOPPBB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1919.. 1 ,1 21 ,475. Patented Deo. 15, 1914.

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sTEAK-CHOPPER;

Specification of Letters late'nt. l Patented Dec, 15, 1914.

`Application led November 15,1912.. Serial N o.l 7315578. i

To all @050m it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, JOHN l?. CARTER, a l

j citizen of the United States, residing at Kirksey, in the county. of Greenwood land State of South Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in lSteak-Choppers, of which the following is a specification.

This-invention relates to Vmeat tenderers and one of the principal objects ofthe invention'is-to providea machine'of this character embodying a pair of` intermeshing toothed rollers which are connected 4together in a frame in such manner that they will coact to puncture or perforate the meat and at f thev same time compensate for all inaccuraciesin the thickness ofthe A piece of meat or for pieces of bone.

A further object of the. invention is the provision of means for preventingrthe meat from adhering to the toothed rollers rwhich means also compensates for the rise and fall of the movable roller. r

Further objects ofthis invention will appear as the .following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings .which form a part of this lapplication and in which Figure 1 isa front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on, the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section .taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. .j

,Referring more particularly to the drawings,` 1 represents the base upon whichis secured suitable brackets 2 which hold the lower ends of the uprights or standards 3 in separated position. The upper end of these standards are connected by means of a cross piece 4 and each end is vertically slotted to receivea bearing member 5 provided with a guiding extension 6 which worksinan aperture 7 formed in the member. 4.

Mounted in bearings carried in the standard or uprights below the base of the slots is a shaft 8 which projects considerably beyond one of the standards and is adapted to receive an operating handle 9 by which the shaft may be rotated. Keyed upon this shaft is-a drum 10 having a plurality of series of laterally extending teeth 11 having their edges alined with the direction of rotation of the drum and each series being spaced from the adjoining series to receive similar but longer teeth 12 carried by a drum 13 arranged immediately above the drum 10 upon a shaft 14 journaled in the bearing member 5. Each drum is also provided with `a similar series of teeth 15 having their edges arranged'at right angles to the teeth 11 and 12 and adapted vto mesh ywith each other so as `to cause the rotation'of the drum 13 as the drum 10 is rotated by the shaft 8.

Surrounding the extensions 6 on the bearing members 5 are spiralsprings 16 which are arranged between the bearing members and the top piece 7 and serve to hold the teeth ofthe drum 13 inintermeshing enf gagement with the teeth of the drum 10 and atthe `same time permit the drum 13 Ito rise to accommodate inaccuracies in the thickness of the meat or Wherey pieces of lbone are .passed between the two drums.

y Revolubly mounted in bearings 17 and 18 carried upon the front of the standards 3 are shafts 19 and 20 both of which are provided with a plurality of projecting fingers 21 and 22. The fingers 21 and 2Q. are slightly fcurved at `their ends to conform with the drums and lie between the teeth and against the drum as shown. These teeth are held in engagement with the ldrum by springs 23 which have their `opposite ends connected to headed pins 24 projecting laterally from the shafts 19 and 20. The shafts however, `are rotatably mounted in the bearings 17 and 18 and thefingers therefore maybe thrown out Aof engagement with the drums when necessary. j

What is claimed is 1. The herein described steak chopper lcomprising a frame including spaced up- 'rights, a kpair of intermeshing toothed rollers journaled in said uprights, rotatable shafts arranged on the fronty face of said uprights, means carried by the shafts and adapted to intermesh with the teeth of said adjacent rollers,`pinscarr1ed by the shafts kand projecting forwardly of said uprights,

of the shafts extending for the entire length of the frame and disposed in superposed relation one to the other, means carried by the shafts and adapted to intermesh with the teeth of said adjacent rollers, pins carrled by the shafts, yieldable means disposedy eX- teriorly of the frame and connecting opposite pins on' oppositev shafts for normally tending to rotate the pins in a direction toward each other.

3; The herein described steak chopper comprising a frame including spaced uprights, a pair of intermeshing toothed rollers journaled in said uprights,l rotatable shafts journaled on the front faces of said uprights, means carried by theV shafts and adapted to intermesh with the teeth of said adjacent rollers, pins carried by said shafts and disposed adjacent theopposite terminal portions thereof, the pins of lone roller being disposed in Vertical alinement withV the pins of the other roller, andyieldable means conynecting the vertically alined pins on oppo site shafts for normally tending to rotatel nected with the opposite pins on .opposite shafts for normally tending to rotate the pins in a direction toward each other.

5. The herein f described steak chopper comprising a frame including spaced uprights, a pair of intermeshing toothed rollers journaled in said uprights, rotatable' shafts arranged on the'front face of said uprights, means carried by the shafts and adapted to intermesh with the teethof said adjacent-rollers, pins extending outwardly from the shafts and forwardly of said uprights, and a pair of springs disposed eX- teriorly vof the frame and each having its opposite terminals connected to opposite Copies of this patent may be obtained`r for pins on opposite shafts for normally` tending to rotate the pins in a directionv toward veach other. f

6. The herein described steak chopper comprising a frame lincluding a pair `ofspaced uprights, a pair of intermeshing toothed rollers journaled in said uprights,

.a pair ofrotatable shafts journaledl on the front faces of said uprights, means carried by the shafts and adaptedto intermesh with the teeth of said adjacent rollers, pins eX- tending outwardly from the shafts at right angles thereto and forwardly of said uprights, and a pair of springsgdisposed eX-.

teriorly of the frame kand in a vertical plane i with the front faces of the said uprights,

each of said springshavingits opposite ter-l minal portions connected withoppositepins on opposite shafts-for normallytending rotate the pins toward each other.

"7. The herein described steal: chopper comprisingv` a frame including 'a pair of spaced uprights, av pair of intermeshing a pair of rotatable shafts arranged von'the front face of said frame, one of said shafts being disposed longitudinally of the frame.

at a point adjacent the upper edge of said uprights, theother of said shafts being dis*k I posed longitudinally of the frameat a pointl adjacent the lower edge of said uprights, said shafts being disposed. in. superposed relation one to the other, means carried by the shafts and adapted .to intermesh with" the teeth of said adjacent rollers, pinseX- tending outwardly from the shafts at points adjacent the opposite terminals thereof, the pins of one shaft being vertically alined with the pins of the othershaft, and apair' of springs disposed exteriorly ofl the frame and in Vertical spaced parallel relation one to the other,the opposite terminals of each of the springs'being connected .with the'vertically alined pins ,for normally tending to f rotate the pins rtoward each other.V f In testimony whereof l aiiX my signature 1n presence of two'witnesses.l j

Y JOHN r; CARTER.

Witnesses: l i

F. S. HOLLEMAN W. W. BEAR'DEN;

Wallington, D. O."

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner kof latents, j e

75 toothed rollers journaled in said uprights,- 

